Shower-bath-stall door



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SHOWER' BATH sTALL Doon Filed April' 9, 1923 3 Shun-ShutA 5 ulrtrltfr 4x ,lill llllll Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

l, UNlrEDv STATES LOUIS F. EISVELE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application led April 9, 1923. Serial No.rv 630,698.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatI, Louis F. ErsnLn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShower-Bath-Stall Doors, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my present invention 1s to provide an improved door forshower bath stalls which will ,eliminate any exposed butt hinges and atthe same time will be of an exceptionally strong and durableconstruction which can be neatly finished to provide a high class door.

Another object is to so form my improved door that even through thesameincludes a heavy glass panel, the mounting and hinging structure willprovideastrong and eth- `cient bearing which can be readily secured tomarble or other material out of which the shower bathv stall is made.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which -will be describedhereinafter7 I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanyingV drawings in which y y Figure 1 is a front elevationofa door structure madein accordance with myl invention, y

Figure 2 is a section taken o-n the line 2-2 of Figure 1, l p

` Figure 3 is a section taken on the' line 3-'-3'of Figure2, c Y lFigure 4: is a section taken on the line 1-41 of Figure 3, y

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3,

Figure 6 is an enlarged section taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 1,

Figure 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line 7 7 of Figure 1, n

FigureS is an enlarged section the line 8-8 of Figure 1,

Figure 9 is an enlarged section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure 1illustrating the same secured to a portion of a shower bath stall suchfor example asa marble slab forming a part of the 'showerbath stall,

Figure 10 is an enlarged section taken on taken on the line 10-'10 ofvFigure 1 illustrating the1 same attached to a shower bath stall, anc .sl

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the top of my'improved doorconstruction.

` `Referring to the drawings, my improved door inc-ludestwo upright.channel sections 12 and 13 and a transversely extending bottom channelsection 14 which', at its opposite ends, connects with the lowerportions o-f the upright" sections 12 and v1.3 preferably by a miterfit. A top` section 15 is'also made of channelmitered at itsoppositeends and abutting the-upper'miteredA ends of the uprightsections 12 and 13.

Within the channel of the top section 15 are soldered or otherwisesuitably secured the.

leg portions 16 and 17 of twol angle members 1Sand 19 respectively.These angle mem#y bers have other leg portions 20v and'21` eX-v tendingat right angles thereto and are adaptedk to be projected intothechannelsof the upright sections 12vandl 13 and secured thereto b-y screws -22vwhich v pass through the opposed edges of the upright sections. Theportion `20 of the angle y member 18 is preferablymade: angular in crosssection to flatly Ifit againstthe angularinner surfaces of the channelsection`12 and the angular portion 21 of the angle member 19 yispreferably madel circularlin cross sectionr4 yso as to lit against'thecurved end portion 23 of the upright member 13.

I have illustrated a transverse channel bar` 24 having its opposed endsabutting the inner edges of the upright sections 12 and 13; saidtransverse channel bar including a me# tallic filler strip 25 which hasits Opposite ends abutting fillerstrips 26- and 27 which are soldered,brazed or otherwise lsecured within the uprightchannel. sections 12 yand13 at positions located a' distance from the inner surfaces 28 and29ksoas to provide spaces 30 Aand 31 between the filler strips and theinner surfaces 28 and 29 and also to lprovide spaces 32 and 33 for theaccommodation of the opposedside edges of a glass panel 311. The lowerends of the iller' strips 26 and27 .are bent at an angle within thebottoml section 14 and are opposed to each other as shown at and 36. Afiller strip 3T is positioned within the bottom channel section 14 andhas its opposite ends abutting the filler strips 26 and 27; said lillerstrip 37 resting on the angular portions 35 and 36 of the filler strips26 and 2T.

The filler st rip 37 is spaced below the top edges of the bottom channelsection to provide room for the bottom edge portion of the glass panel34. The filler strip 26 is spaced from the surface 28 o-f the uprightsection by spacing rings 3S which are placed within the channel befo-rethe filler strip is inserted so as to form gages for the proper locationof th-e filler strip 26.

A filling strip 39 is placed within the top channel section 15 betweenthe sides there of with its bottom surface flush with the lower edges ofthe top section and this filler strip is spaced by inserting gagingblocks 40 between the angular portions 16 and 17 of the members 18 and19; said parts being brazed or soldered in position.

The filler strip 25 is spaced from the innermost surface 41 `of thetransverse channel bar 24 by gaging rings 42 and screws 43 lead inwardthrough the upright sections into tapped holes in the opposite ends ofthe filler strip 25 to secure the latter in position and also to holdthe transverse bar 24 to the upright members of the frame. The fillerstrip 25 is spaced inward from the lower edges 44 to provide room forthe upper edge portionof the glass panel 34. The filler strip 39 and thetop of the transverse bar 24 are provided with oppositely disposedholes; the holes in the filler strip 39 beingscrew thread'ed to allow`grating bars 45 `to be screwed therein; said grating bars providingshoulders 46 for abutment with the lower surface of the filler strip 39and having portions 47 of reduced diameter for entering the holes in thetopl of the transverse bar 24 so that a Ventilating space is providedabove the panel 34 which is desirable when the-'door is used in a showerbath or vapor bath stall.

After the filler strip 27 has been inserted the upright section 13 iscut out or recessed at portions within its length through the part 23and also partway into the filler strip 27 to provide recesses in whichare inserted metallic sleeves 4S; there being three of these sleeves andrecesses illustrated. Then three pins 49 are inserted before the topsectio-n 15 is attached and these pins are pushed y through the space 31into and partway through the respective sleeves 48. After this actionscrews 5() are inserted through a mounting bar 51 which extends upright;said screws also passing through the sleeves into the respective hingedpins 49. The mounting bar 51 has an upright plate portion 52 extendingat an angle therefrom inl alignment with the inner side surface 53 andthis plate portion can be attachedv to any upright structure such forexample as a marble slabv 54 which constitutes a part of the bath stalland which provides the doorway. This securing of the plate portion 52can be accomplished by the use of bolts 55 which on their outer ends maybe provided with fancy or ornamental heads and the inner ends of thebolts are provided with cap nuts 56 as clearly shown in Figures 9 and10. It will be noted that the top section 15 can be readily attached orremoved and there will be no exposed hinge plate sections. At the sametime an extremely strong and well mounted door is provided;

in which the panel 34 can be slid into position after which thetransverse bar can be inserted. Y

I preferably provide facing pieces or strips 57 at positions within theupright sections above the filler strip 25 so as to close the portionsof the upright sections between the filler strips 25 and 39.

This door is particularly serviceable for high class installation workin the making of bath stalls where exceptionally accurate work isrequired and where the nished appearance of the ydoor is of firstconsideration. By arranging the sleeve structure with the hinge pins andsecuring the hinge pins to the sleeves and to the mounting bar` by thescrews 50, an extended bearing is provided to allow the door proper toswing on the comparatively long hinge pins so that the wear will bedistributed over a comparatively great area and for this reason thepossibility of sagging due to wear is reduced to a minimum.

A water shed plate 58 is secured to the inner surface of the bottomsection 14 and serves to deflect the water when the latter is used inconnection with a bath stall and I provide handles 59 which are securedto the upright section 12 against` opposite surfaces and the screws orother securing means can extend through the filling strip 27 so as toprovide a secure mounting forr the handles. y

`While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, itwill be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout depart-ing from the spirit thereof, and hence 1 do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am atliberty to i 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Leti ters Patentis 1. A door having recesses therein; mounti ing means having sleevesextending into said recesses; and pins proJecting from said `sleevesinto said door at positions beyond lchannel portion, said channel.portion having recesses spaced apart; mounting means having sleevesextending into said recesses; and pins in said channel portions securedtosaid sleeves and projecting into the space within the channel portionbeyond the confines of said recesses; substantially! as described.

3. A door having a frame with a channel port-ion pro-vided withrecesses; mounting means; sleeves projecting into said recesses; pinsvextending through said sleeves and into the space Within said channelportion at positions beyo-nd the confines of said recesses; and meansfor securing said mounting means, sleeves, and pins together;subs-tantially as described.

4:. A door having a frame with a channel portion provided with recesses;mounting means; sleeves projecting in to said recesses;

pins extending through said sleeves and into the space within saidchannel portion at positions beyond the confines of said recesses; andscrews leading into said mountingA means, sleeves and pins whereby saidpins, sleeves and mounting means are securedI together; substantially asdescribed.

5. A door structure including a frame having upright channel sectionsand a bottom channel section secured to said upright sections; fillingstrips within said upright sections and spaced inward from the innermostedges thereof, said lling strips having angular portions fitting withinsaid bottom section; and a panel fitting within` said; frame betweensaid filler strips; 'substantially as described.

6. A doo-r structure including a door frame having upright channels anda top section having angular members projecting into the topf portionsof the upright channels; and means for detachably securing said angularmembers within said upright channels; a panel mounted within the uprightchannels, substantially as described. l

7 A door structure including a door frame having upright channels and atop section having angular members projecting into the top portions ofthe upright channels; means for det-achably securing said angularmembers within .said upright channels; a trans-k verse channel barspaced below said top section, said frame including a bottom channelsection opposed to said transverse channel bar; and a panel fittingwithin said upright sections, transverse channel bar and bottom channelsection; substantially as described. .v

8. A door structure including a door frame having upright channelportions and a top into the top portions of the upright sections; meansfor detachably securing said angular members within .said uprightsections; a

transverse channel bar spacedv below said top section, said frameincluding a bottom channel sec-tion opposed to said transversechansection having angular members projecting nel bar; a panel fittingwithin said upright i I sections, transverse channel b-ar and bottomchannel section, said top section kincluding a iilling strip pro-videdwith holes, the top of said transverse channel bar having holes therein;and bars having portions fitting within the holesin said ,filling stripand said transverse channel bar; substantially as described. y

9.- A door structure including a channel frame; filler strips within thechannels of the frame; a panel within the channels between the fillerstrips, oneside of the chan-y nel yfra-me being recessed; mounting meanshaving sleeves fitting within the recesses, and pins secured to thesleeves and extending intothe frame between the channel and the fillerstrip. Y .l

10. A door structure including a channel frame; filler strips withinythe channels and spaced from their inner surfaces; a panel mountedwithinl thel frame between the strips, one side channel and its fillerstrip being recessed; m `iunting means "having sleeves fitting withinthe recesses, and pinsl secured to the sleeves and having their endsextending within the kframe between th channel and the filler strip.

ll. A door. structure includingv a door frame comprising a bottomchannel, upright v channels and atop section; filler strips vhavingangular parts at the lower ends mounted within the upright channels andtheir lower ends within the bottom channel; a lle'r' strip within thebottom channel resting on the angular parts; angular members on the top

